The King of Paris
About The King of Paris
A painter who has given up a rich background and a swindler known as the King of Paris meet when the swindler targets the painter's mother. Yevgeni Bauer started the film. After Bauer's death, Olga Rakhmanova finished it.
Cast & crew
More about The King of Paris
Shot at Aleksandr Khanzhonkov's Yalta studio. Bauer had broken a leg while making For Happiness and directed this one from a bathchair. He fell ill with pneumonia, was taken to the Yalta hospital, and died on June 9, 1917. Shooting had begun in the early summer. Rakhmanova completed the picture. The script is Bauer's, from Georges Ohnet. The Russian title is Король Парижа.
Themes
Making
Bauer's last film. He died on June 9, 1917, before it was finished, and Olga Rakhmanova completed it.
Look
Boris Zavelev photographed the Yalta production.
Notes
- Nikolai Radin and Lydia Koreneva lead the billed cast.
- The catalog also lists Vjacheslav Svoboda, Emma Bauer, Mikhail Stalski, and Marija Boldireva.
- Boris Zavelev was the cinematographer.
Influenced by
- Georges Ohnet
